Israel had agreed to the Egyptian plan, proposed late on Monday. Under it, a 12-hour period of de-escalation was to begin at midmorning Tuesday. Once both sides agree to halt hostilities, they would negotiate the terms of a longer-term truce. Gaza militants responded by firing dozens of rockets after the proposed start of the de-escalation, some of them reaching deep into Israel, though not causing injuries. Israel, which had warned it would strike Gaza harder than before if Hamas did not halt hostilities, held its fire for several hours, but resumed air strikes by midafternoon on Tuesday. After the renewed rocket fire from Gaza on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon directed the military to act with intensity against terror targets in Gaza, said an Israeli official.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:34:39 +0000
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